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William Damaged
William McChord Hurt was an American actor. Known for his performances on stage and screen, he received various accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, in addition to nominations for five Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award.
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Born 20 March 1950 · Died 13 March 2022 · Q105825
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Then I walked up to Sally Field, who handed it to me, and I said,
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2026· 5 entries
“Then I walked up to Sally Field, who handed it to me, and I said,”
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“But how can I be too sensitive? That”
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“I had a three-hour conversation with the man in the next cell. I never saw his face,”
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2022· 3 entries
Died 2022-03-13.
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Hurt died at the age of 71 at his Portland, Oregon, home from metastatic prostate cancer, with which he was diagnosed in May 2018
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“Mood is the enemy of acting.”
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2018· 1 entry
Hurt was cast as the lead in The Coldest Game (2019), but after he was injured in an off-set accident, he was replaced by Bill Pullman
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2009· 2 entries
Hurt's agent declined to respond, but Hurt issued a statement the following day that his "own recollection is that we both apologized and both did a great deal to heal our lives
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Hurt became a series regular on the FX series Damages playing a corporate whistleblower opposite Glenn Close and Marcia Gay Harden
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2006· 1 entry
For playing a powerful crime boss in A History of Violence (2005), though his role comprised less than 10 minutes of screen time
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2005· 1 entry
Awarded Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor for A History of Violence (2005).
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2000· 1 entry
Playing Duke Leto Atreides; it was one of Syfy's highest-rated series ever
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1986· 4 entries
Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (1986).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Actor for Kiss of the Spider Woman (1986).
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Awarded London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year for Kiss of the Spider Woman (1986).
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Awarded David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor for Kiss of the Spider Woman (1986).
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1985· 3 entries
Awarded Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor for Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985).
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Awarded National Board of Review Award for Best Actor for Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985).
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Awarded Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985).
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1983· 1 entry
Appeared in the thriller Gorky Park (1983) opposite Lee Marvin
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1981· 1 entry
While he was still married, Hurt and Sandra Jennings began a relationship in Saratoga Springs, New York
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1979· 1 entry
Hurt played Hamlet under the direction of Marshall W
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1978· 1 entry
Awarded Theatre World Award (1978).
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1972· 1 entry
But turned instead to acting and joined the Juilliard School (Drama Division Group 5: 1972–1976)
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1968· 1 entry
And his yearbook predicted, "you might even see him on Broadway
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1960· 1 entry
His mother married Henry Luce III (1925–2005), a son of publisher Henry Luce
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1950· 1 entry
Born 1950-03-20.
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